Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [pron] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you , saying that , did you see that programme on let me think oh dear . |
| 2 | So when you having the car back do you think ? |
| 3 | Wonderful have you got a typewriter here do you think I could use |
| 4 | Two kinds of experiment then led him to think again ; in their most advanced forms , they are called the ‘ fan ’ experiment and the ‘ step ’ experiment . |
| 5 | she was made of snow why do you think |
| 6 | I think university just trains you to think and to prove to an employer that you can apply yourself for three years ; perhaps because in the sciences you learn things that will be relevant in your career , but as a training for an individual I do n't think it is any more worthwhile . |
| 7 | ’ Boy often made me think of that particular moment — it was the way he looked down . |
| 8 | Dad took Peter to work today said I thought he was gon na to John when I came home , he took the whole front of |
| 9 | Grimma once said she thought it was the most astonishing thing in the world . ’ |
| 10 | The rocks of the Bomb Circle usually get me thinking and this time was no exception , especially considering the way I 'd lain down inside them like some Christ or something , opened to the sky , dreaming of death . |
| 11 | The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid . |
| 12 | The Gay Black Group also made me think much more of the implications of being a man , of being an oppressor as well as someone who is oppressed . |
| 13 | ‘ We should have beaten them a couple of weeks ago when we finished all square and I have every faith in the boys , ’ asserts Nelson , ‘ Since then we went very close against Tipperary and given the self-belief the team now possesses I think we can give a very good account of ourselves on Sunday . ’ |
| 14 | The 1940s and war made seditious literature a vital concern ; the 1950s and anti-communism made left-wing literature seem so threatening ; the 1960s and permissiveness eventually caused us to think we could go too far with ‘ indecent ’ and ‘ obscene ’ books ; and the 1970s and 1980s and the move towards a more multicultural society and the assertiveness of nationality made us conscious of the damage of racist and religiously intolerant literature . |
| 15 | Y'know , when all the Batty stuff finally happened I thought to myself that at least some other people might see that he is a good player after all ( and prove me right ) . |
| 16 | Would I need to give you a lift home do you think ? |
| 17 | We would only need to witness a marked increase in trade and there will certainly be an increase in demand why do you think trade has increased ? and trade is n't a necessary condition it 's just that trade has tended to grow at the same time as erm as demand is growing . |
| 18 | it 's your mummy , mum how do you think of that |
| 19 | M. How do you think Christianity started ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why the hell else do you think I went for him ? |
| 21 | I think that 's not uncommon actually if you , when you get people who 've , who 've been away from the education system for a f a few years and I think it 's almost like mature students do have more anxiety than people who come straight from school generally speaking I think erm |
| 22 | The sudden , unexpected appearance of the bright blue tongue of this skink may startle an approaching predator sufficiently to make it think twice about attacking . |
| 23 | I am very happy , in fact , that the whole the whole process the whole business of erm switching the system has been accepted and in fact even welcomed I think by the unions . |
| 24 | What on earth else had she thought he 'd come here to tell her ? |
| 25 | ‘ What on earth else do you think happened to her ? ’ |